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Your LA Times update is accurate, but I do want to bring to your attention that I am not now, nor have I ever been, a "conservative."

I understand that people make these simplistic inferences because of the need to categorize their subject on a political opinion scale. My views on immigration, peace, "crony" capitalism, TBTF, and sanctions are directly contrary to conservative ideology.

Although the libertarians claim me, I have many departures from their position, but I do support their resolute opposition to foreign interventions, while finding individual cases in which intervention may be justified,...Vernon....

NewsweekThe Road Ahead: Insolvency, Policy, and Economic StressNote from the author **An error in the next to final paragraph did not get corrected in the final draft of my article. It was not Bernanke's stimulus; it was the Bush-Obama federal government stimulus that failed. As noted, we still await the final consequences of Bernanke's unprecedented actions.**